February Events in Central Oklahoma Frontier Country

Posted by Katie Puckett, Public Relations Manager on 01/25/2011

The following
is a truncated list of events occurring in Central Oklahoma Frontier Country.
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA – The Chocolate Festival, Firehouse Art Center’s largest fundraiser of the year,
is Feb. 5 at the University of Oklahoma Forum Building in Norman. The 29th
Annual Chocolate Festival begins at 10 a.m. with a dazzling array of chocolate
decadence, as the finest restaurants and chocolatiers in Norman tempt your
taste buds with their chocolate creations. For more information: normanfirehouse.com.

Enjoy a free, family event at
the Sam Noble Museum in Norman Feb. 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. Sponsored by OU Physicians
and Chesapeake Energy, Science in Action
and Object I.D. Day will feature 20 stations set up around the museum offering
a variety of hands-on activities, demonstrations and presentations on different
scientific themes. Museum curators and other natural history experts will also
examine objects and artifacts brought in by visitors for identification. For
more information: snomnh.ou.edu.

Lazy
E Productions presents the PBR Built
Ford Tough Series Feb. 11-13 at the Oklahoma City Arena. Beginning at 7 p.m., the top 45 bull riders in the world compete in Oklahoma
City. For more
information or tickets: lazye.com.

Join the Oklahoma City
National Memorial & Museum Feb. 19 for their Decade Celebration of the Museum’s 10th birthday with free
admission among other festivities. Last admission is 5 p.m. For more
information: oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org.

The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art in Shawnee opens Passed to the Present, a new
exhibition on display from Feb. 25-April 15. Passed to Present explores the
contemporary masterpieces of Mata Ortiz and compares them with the ancient
pottery of Casa Grande from which they emerged. For more information: mgmoa.org.

For more information on these events
or Central Oklahoma Frontier Country, visit oktourism.com or call 405-232-6552.